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Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Shuttler Popat banned for doping
Shuttler Popat banned for doping JAKARTA (JP): The International Badminton Federation (IBF) announced early this week that it had banned Aparna Popat, a member of the Indian Uber Cup team, after she was found guilty of consuming Phenylpropanolamine at a concentration level above the International...
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Old artifacts used to build Surakarta houses
Old artifacts used to build Surakarta housesBy Tjahjono Ep SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): Large stones sprawl about the hamlets of Ngasinan, Kedung Sari, Gondang and Bodagan, in the Matesih subdistrict. Some stones stand in a certain formation while others stand alone.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, April 7, 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, April 7, 2000Exhibitions* Painting Exhibition: Seni Litografi Modern, featuring the works of reputable French and Indonesian artists: Kandinsky, Vassarely, Salvador Dali, Hans Hartung, Pierre Soulages, Barli, Tisna Sanjaya and Krisnamurti.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Workers demand higher minimum wages
Workers demand higher minimum wages JAKARTA (JP) Activists from five worker unions called on the city administration to increase the new regional minimum wage (UMR) of Rp 286,000 (US$38), which they said was insufficient to cover the cost of living in the capital.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Police will seize cars without proper vehicle documents
Police will seize cars without proper vehicle documents JAKARTA (JP): In a move to check the import of illegal automobiles, Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi said on Wednesday the police would not hesitate to seize any vehicle which did not have proper documents.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Djoko Mulyono named new presidential secretary
Djoko Mulyono named new presidential secretary JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid made Djoko Mulyono his new secretary on Wednesday, replacing Ratih Hardjono who resigned on April 1.Abdurrahman expressed confidence that Djoko, who currently serves as the House of Representatives deputy...
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Singapore dolar up after MAS action
Singapore dolar up after MAS action HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Asian currencies had a mixed day Thursday. With regional markets in Thailand and Indonesia closed for holidays, activity was muted.The Singapore dollar ended local dealings significantly higher, after the Monetary Authority of Singapore...
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Astaga launches auction site
Astaga launches auction site JAKARTA (JP): Internet website Astaga!Com has announced a plan to launch an online auction service, allowing its users to buy or sell any kind of merchandise through the Internet.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Youth groups call for probe into money politics
Youth groups call for probe into money politics JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Youth Committee (KNPI), representing 65 youth organizations nationwide, urged the government on Thursday to look into alleged money politics in recent elections of regents and mayors in a number of provinces.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Rectors' forum set to convene
Rectors' forum set to convene SEMARANG (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid will open the fourth congress of the Indonesian Rectors Forum hosted by state Diponegoro University on Friday."The President will address the gathering.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Fire razes two slum areas, 500 homeless
Fire razes two slum areas, 500 homeless JAKARTA (JP): Fire broke out in two slum areas in Central Jakarta on Wednesday evening, leaving some 500 people homeless, but causing no fatalities.The Central Jakarta Police said on Thursday they were investigating the cause of the fires.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
RI's U-19 team extends downfall
RI's U-19 team extends downfall JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia extended its downfall in the prequalifying round of the Asian U-19 Soccer Championships after suffering a 0-5 humiliating defeat in its last match against host China at Deyang City in Sichuan province on Wednesday.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Firmer action needed
Firmer action needed In the view of some observers the lack of coordination among ministers in Gus Dur's (President Abdurrahman Wahid's) Cabinet is the logical consequence of the position he took when setting up his team -- that is, to establish a "rainbow" coalition (including as many parties as...
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Berets and pens: Civil-military ties
Berets and pens: Civil-military ties This is the first of two articles by Southeast Asian historian Hermawan Sulistyo, Ph.D, the executive director of the Research Institute for Democracy and Peace in Jakarta.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
New Bulog chief told to protect farmers
New Bulog chief told to protect farmers JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid has ordered new National Logistics Agency (Bulog) chief Rizal Ramli to protect millions of rice and sugar farmers from the influx of cheaper imported staples.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
U.S. regrets lawsuit against Johny
U.S. regrets lawsuit against Johny JAKARTA (JP): The U.S. government expressed regret on Monday over a lawsuit filed against Indonesian Army Lt. Gen. Johny Lumintang for his alleged role in violence in East Timor last year.U.S. Ambassador Robert S.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Catholic forum inaugurated
Catholic forum inaugurated ENDE, East Nusa Tenggara: Ende Archbishop Mgr. Abdon Longinus da Cunha officially inaugurated the Indonesian Catholic Community Forum (Forumki) at Ende diocese.The ceremony took place at Santo Josef Hall and those in attendance included Ende Regent Dominikus Domi and the...
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
11 killed in vigilante violence since January, police report
11 killed in vigilante violence since January, police report JAKARTA (JP): Eleven men have been mobbed to death since January this year in increasing cases of vigilantism in Greater Jakarta, city police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis said on Monday.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Tel Aviv wants to host 2012 Olympics
Tel Aviv wants to host 2012 Olympics TEL AVIV (AFP): Israel's biggest city of Tel Aviv set the ball rolling on Monday on plans for an unprecedented bid to host the summer Olympic Games in 2012."We started working toward the possibility of hosting the games here," Tel Aviv's mayor Ron Huldai said...
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
RI, Norway boost energy ties
RI, Norway boost energy ties JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian and Norwegian governments have decided to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the energy sector, a senior Indonesian government official said on Monday.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Joint team set to evaluate bus fare hike
Joint team set to evaluate bus fare hike JAKARTA (JP): The City Council will form a joint team to study the possibility of raising bus fares in the capital.The decision was made on Monday after the councillors failed to reach an agreement with the City Land Transportation Agency (DLLAJ) on an...
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
National soccer player Eri Irianto dies after last match
National soccer player Eri Irianto dies after last match JAKARTA (JP): National soccer player Eri Irianto died early on Monday at Dr. Sutomo General Hospital in Surabaya, hours after playing his last match with his club Persebaya Surabaya. He was 26.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
EU, African leaders try to tackle war, terrorism
EU, African leaders try to tackle war, terrorism CAIRO (AFP): European and African leaders entered their last day of unprecedented summit talks on Tuesday expecting to tackle war, terrorism and human rights after Libya's Moammar Qaddafi stunned them with an anti-Western tirade.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Gates challenges antitrust ruling against Microsoft
Gates challenges antitrust ruling against Microsoft WASHINGTON (AFP): Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday he believes the software giant will prevail in the appeal of its antitrust case because of "common sense."The software giant is challenging Monday's ruling by U.S.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Cockroaches 'plague G-8 summit'
Cockroaches 'plague G-8 summit' TOKYO (AFP): Fast-breeding giant cockroaches threaten to plague world leaders at a Group of Eight summit to be held in Japan from July 21-23, a Japanese newspaper said in an April Fool's report on Saturday.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Asian stocks decline in reaction to Nasdag fall
Asian stocks decline in reaction to Nasdag fall TOKYO (AFP): The record points fall on Nasdaq overnight dominated most investors actions in Asia Tuesday as tumbling technology stocks continued to drag down regional markets.In Bombay, heavy selling prompted by Nasdaq's fall saw local stocks sink 7.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on April 3, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,592.00 7,668.00Australian dollar 1 4,604.55 4,654.48Austrian schilling 1 526.08 531.62Belgian franc 1 179.45 181.34Brunei dollar 1 4,429.40 4,476.36Canadian dollar 1 5,236.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Steel dumping probe to be completed soon
Steel dumping probe to be completed soon JAKARTA (JP): The government's anti-dumping agency is expected to complete its investigation into the alleged dumping practices conducted by Japanese, Chinese and South Korean steel pipe producers in Indonesia in one or two months, an association said on...
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Multatuli's message
Multatuli's message Any exchange of views that occurs between an expatriate and an Indonesian reader in the readers forum of The Jakarta Post on a topic that bears an instructive message must certainly be welcome.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Soeharto questioning cut short
Soeharto questioning cut short JAKARTA (JP): The initial questioning of former president Soeharto for alleged corruption during his 32-year rule was cut short on Monday for medical reasons.A joint team of doctors advised five visiting prosecutors from the Attorney General's Office to cease the...
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
TNI to study lifting ban on communism
TNI to study lifting ban on communism JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Military (TNI) said on Monday that it would study President Abdurrahman Wahid's repeated calls for lifting the ban on communism."We will study the idea carefully and thoroughly so that we can give an opinion to the People's...
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Aceh People's Congress rejects security deployment
Aceh People's Congress rejects security deployment BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): The Aceh People's Congress (KRA) organizers rejected on Tuesday the massive deployment of around 1,700 elite Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers to secure the week-long event which is slated to start here on April 22.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Census taking in June
Census taking in June JAKARTA (JP): The city office of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) will conduct a monthlong census in June, an official said on Monday.Chief of BPS' Jakarta office Jasa Bangun said the census, held once every 10 years, will collect data on gender classification, age,...
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Govt to control multilevel marketing
Govt to control multilevel marketing JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued a a decree to regulate multilevel marketing businesses and to protect the public from fraud, a top official of the ministry said on Monday.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
No paper
No paper In observance of the Islamic New Year, The Jakarta Post will not be published on Thursday. The Post will appear again on Friday. -- Publisher
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Governor asks court to drop 'becak' suit
Governor asks court to drop 'becak' suit JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso demanded the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday to drop a civil lawsuit filed by becak (pedicab) drivers against his decision to uphold a 1988 bylaw that prohibits becak operation in the city, accusing the lawsuit as...
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Main issues of Dutch colonialism
Main issues of Dutch colonialism The exchange of views on the issue of Dutch colonialism in Indonesia has deteriorated a bit into the personal salvos of sneering, while the main issues actually are: 1. The colonization of the Indonesian archipelago by the Dutch East Indies (VOC) and later the...
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Japan offers counter-piracy program
Japan offers counter-piracy programBy Santo Darmosumarto JAKARTA (JP): Reports of piracy in the Asia-Pacific region denote the phenomenon's continued security threat to regional waterways, which comprise some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Activities in Bali brought to a halt
Activities in Bali brought to a halt DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Activities on the tourist island of Bali came to a halt on Tuesday as the predominantly Hindu population observed the Hindu Day of Silence (Nyepi).
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Agreement on natural resources sought
Agreement on natural resources sought JAKARTA (JP): Recent conflicts related to the exploitation of natural resources have led to fears of increased clashes of interest among investors, local communities, and the government.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Govt urged to account for delay in reform program
Govt urged to account for delay in reform program JAKARTA (JP): The President's National Economic Council urged the government on Tuesday to provide a full account of any delays in implementing the reform measures agreed to with the International Monetary Fund.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Late paper
Late paper Due to delivery problems and the observance of the Hindu Day of Silence on Tuesday, The Jakarta Post reached its readers in Bali late on Wednesday. We apologize for any inconvenience. -- Publisher
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Where to go in Surabaya, for Wednesday, April 5, 2000
Where to go in Surabaya, for Wednesday, April 5, 2000Music and Entertainment * Hotel Majapahit, Mandarin Oriental, Jl. Tunjungan 65 (Phone: 031 5454333): - Indigo Restaurant & Bar: Music You Can Talk To, live show at 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. * Hyatt Regency Surabaya, Jl. Jend.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Agus' military court hearing set for Friday
Agus' military court hearing set for Friday JAKARTA (JP): Drug suspect Second. Lt. Agus Isrok is expected to appear in Jakarta Military Court for the first hearing over his alleged role in a drug case on Friday, a report said on Monday.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Ballo survives qualifying round
Ballo survives qualifying round JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian boxers Bara Gommies and Stevie Binalay failed to qualify for the 2000 Olympic Games after they lost their second bouts in the Olympic Games third qualifying round in Bangkok on Monday.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Goa Jepang, natural museum for Japanese killed in WW II
Goa Jepang, natural museum for Japanese killed in WW IIBy Neles Tebay BIAK, Irian Jaya (JP): If you want to get a picture of an episode of the Second World War, you should go to Biak, the capital of Biak Numfor regency, in Irian Jaya.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
'Ad hoc' judges sought to try bankruptcy cases
'Ad hoc' judges sought to try bankruptcy cases JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has filed bankruptcy petitions against four "uncooperative" debtors at the commercial court, the head of the agency's legal department Agustus Sani Nugroho, said here on Monday.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Inflation down 0.45% in March amid food price fall
Inflation down 0.45% in March amid food price fall JAKARTA (JP): Inflation fell by 0.45 percent in March compared to the previous month on the back of falling prices of food and processed food commodities, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS).
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Dead man found in alley
Dead man found in alley JAKARTA (JP): Residents of Palmerah, West Jakarta, found the body of a 24-year-old man lying in an alley near Grogol River on Monday morning. The man is believed to have died from a drug overdose.
Wed, 05 Apr 2000
Rupiah sold down in thin holiday market
Rupiah sold down in thin holiday market HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Selling pressure pushed both the Indonesian rupiah and the Philippine peso to new lows for the year during Asian trading hours Tuesday.But in a week scattered with regional holidays, trading in most foreign exchange markets was subdued...